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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/18/2011 Posts: 12,069 Location: Kianjokoma
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Tom Mboya- The Man Kenya Wanted to Forget Many things taken as fact in Kenyan history are myth
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Rank: Member Joined: 9/14/2011 Posts: 834 Location: nairobi
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Unbowed , Maathai's autobiography
I read it recently. Prof Wangari Maathai was a great woman. Very inspiring
i highly recommend it
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/18/2011 Posts: 12,069 Location: Kianjokoma
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Caroline Elkin's 'Britain's Gulag' A sad, embittering collection of accounts from detainees during the 1950s emergency. Brings to light facts like Winston Churchill govt's knowledge and permission of use of torture in detention just after WW2 where the Nazis were condemned for the same. Torture included beatings(to death), starvation, forced labour (detainees labour gave us JKIA, Yatta irrigation & Mwea Irrigation schemes), castration, stuffing sand through mouth or anus  Life wasn't any better for those left in concentration villages. There was forced labour, beatings, rape, famine and many deaths Not yet done with it but would recommend it for anyone interested in Kenyan history
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Rank: Member Joined: 9/14/2011 Posts: 834 Location: nairobi
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Lolest! wrote:Caroline Elkin's 'Britain's Gulag' A sad, embittering collection of accounts from detainees during the 1950s emergency. Brings to light facts like Winston Churchill govt's knowledge and permission of use of torture in detention just after WW2 where the Nazis were condemned for the same. Torture included beatings(to death), starvation, forced labour (detainees labour gave us JKIA, Yatta irrigation & Mwea Irrigation schemes), castration, stuffing sand through mouth or anus Life wasn't any better for those left in concentration villages. There was forced labour, beatings, rape, famine and many deaths Not yet done with it but would recommend it for anyone interested in Kenyan history wow. Thanks for sharing. I need to get it. Hope it is available on kindle Have you read about holocaust? which book would you recommend? jut wondering if there are online book clubs one can join where one can get recommendations on certain genre of books . Not interested in romance novels, self help books at this time
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Rank: Member Joined: 9/14/2011 Posts: 834 Location: nairobi
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Lolest! wrote:Caroline Elkin's 'Britain's Gulag' A sad, embittering collection of accounts from detainees during the 1950s emergency. Brings to light facts like Winston Churchill govt's knowledge and permission of use of torture in detention just after WW2 where the Nazis were condemned for the same. Torture included beatings(to death), starvation, forced labour (detainees labour gave us JKIA, Yatta irrigation & Mwea Irrigation schemes), castration, stuffing sand through mouth or anus Life wasn't any better for those left in concentration villages. There was forced labour, beatings, rape, famine and many deaths Not yet done with it but would recommend it for anyone interested in Kenyan history I cannot find it on kindle. Is it available locally in the bookshops?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/18/2011 Posts: 12,069 Location: Kianjokoma
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heri wrote:Lolest! wrote:Caroline Elkin's 'Britain's Gulag' A sad, embittering collection of accounts from detainees during the 1950s emergency. Brings to light facts like Winston Churchill govt's knowledge and permission of use of torture in detention just after WW2 where the Nazis were condemned for the same. Torture included beatings(to death), starvation, forced labour (detainees labour gave us JKIA, Yatta irrigation & Mwea Irrigation schemes), castration, stuffing sand through mouth or anus Life wasn't any better for those left in concentration villages. There was forced labour, beatings, rape, famine and many deaths Not yet done with it but would recommend it for anyone interested in Kenyan history I cannot find it on kindle. Is it available locally in the bookshops? Yes, bought my copy from TBC
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/22/2008 Posts: 2,702
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heri wrote:Lolest! wrote:Caroline Elkin's 'Britain's Gulag' A sad, embittering collection of accounts from detainees during the 1950s emergency. Brings to light facts like Winston Churchill govt's knowledge and permission of use of torture in detention just after WW2 where the Nazis were condemned for the same. Torture included beatings(to death), starvation, forced labour (detainees labour gave us JKIA, Yatta irrigation & Mwea Irrigation schemes), castration, stuffing sand through mouth or anus Life wasn't any better for those left in concentration villages. There was forced labour, beatings, rape, famine and many deaths Not yet done with it but would recommend it for anyone interested in Kenyan history I cannot find it on kindle. Is it available locally in the bookshops? They changed the name of the book in later versions but it is the same book called "Imperial Reckoning: The untold story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya" It is available on Kindle.
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Rank: Member Joined: 9/14/2011 Posts: 834 Location: nairobi
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Kusadikika wrote:heri wrote:Lolest! wrote:Caroline Elkin's 'Britain's Gulag' A sad, embittering collection of accounts from detainees during the 1950s emergency. Brings to light facts like Winston Churchill govt's knowledge and permission of use of torture in detention just after WW2 where the Nazis were condemned for the same. Torture included beatings(to death), starvation, forced labour (detainees labour gave us JKIA, Yatta irrigation & Mwea Irrigation schemes), castration, stuffing sand through mouth or anus Life wasn't any better for those left in concentration villages. There was forced labour, beatings, rape, famine and many deaths Not yet done with it but would recommend it for anyone interested in Kenyan history I cannot find it on kindle. Is it available locally in the bookshops? They changed the name of the book in later versions but it is the same book called "Imperial Reckoning: The untold story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya" It is available on Kindle. Still cannot find it in kindle
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/26/2007 Posts: 6,514
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try piratebay Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
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Rank: Member Joined: 9/14/2011 Posts: 834 Location: nairobi
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heri wrote:Kusadikika wrote:heri wrote:Lolest! wrote:Caroline Elkin's 'Britain's Gulag' A sad, embittering collection of accounts from detainees during the 1950s emergency. Brings to light facts like Winston Churchill govt's knowledge and permission of use of torture in detention just after WW2 where the Nazis were condemned for the same. Torture included beatings(to death), starvation, forced labour (detainees labour gave us JKIA, Yatta irrigation & Mwea Irrigation schemes), castration, stuffing sand through mouth or anus Life wasn't any better for those left in concentration villages. There was forced labour, beatings, rape, famine and many deaths Not yet done with it but would recommend it for anyone interested in Kenyan history I cannot find it on kindle. Is it available locally in the bookshops? I managed to get the book at Text Book Center. It is so graphic and full of horror They changed the name of the book in later versions but it is the same book called "Imperial Reckoning: The untold story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya" It is available on Kindle. Still cannot find it in kindle
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Rank: Member Joined: 9/14/2011 Posts: 834 Location: nairobi
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heri wrote:Kusadikika wrote:heri wrote:Lolest! wrote:Caroline Elkin's 'Britain's Gulag' A sad, embittering collection of accounts from detainees during the 1950s emergency. Brings to light facts like Winston Churchill govt's knowledge and permission of use of torture in detention just after WW2 where the Nazis were condemned for the same. Torture included beatings(to death), starvation, forced labour (detainees labour gave us JKIA, Yatta irrigation & Mwea Irrigation schemes), castration, stuffing sand through mouth or anus Life wasn't any better for those left in concentration villages. There was forced labour, beatings, rape, famine and many deaths Not yet done with it but would recommend it for anyone interested in Kenyan history I cannot find it on kindle. Is it available locally in the bookshops? They changed the name of the book in later versions but it is the same book called "Imperial Reckoning: The untold story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya" It is available on Kindle. Still cannot find it in kindle I managed to get the book at Text Book Center. It is so graphic and full of horror
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Rank: Member Joined: 9/14/2011 Posts: 834 Location: nairobi
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Lolest! wrote:Caroline Elkin's 'Britain's Gulag' A sad, embittering collection of accounts from detainees during the 1950s emergency. Brings to light facts like Winston Churchill govt's knowledge and permission of use of torture in detention just after WW2 where the Nazis were condemned for the same. Torture included beatings(to death), starvation, forced labour (detainees labour gave us JKIA, Yatta irrigation & Mwea Irrigation schemes), castration, stuffing sand through mouth or anus Life wasn't any better for those left in concentration villages. There was forced labour, beatings, rape, famine and many deaths Not yet done with it but would recommend it for anyone interested in Kenyan history Finally finished reading the book. It is like watching a horror movie. Extremely sad what happened And to make matters worse the loyalists as they are referred to in the book are the ones who benefitted and those who suffered the most were further made to suffer even more after independence. And those who paid such a heavy price are not even remembered
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Rank: Member Joined: 8/5/2011 Posts: 125
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Guns, Germs and Steel... the Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond has an in depth look at evolution of population subsets and what enables some to conquer others.
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Rank: User Joined: 8/15/2013 Posts: 13,237 Location: Vacuum
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Spells that Really work by DrMamaalphah If Obiero did it, Who Am I?
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Rank: Member Joined: 6/17/2010 Posts: 572
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The Hacking of the American Mind - Robert Lustig MD 'One headache for famous medieval holy people was that someone might murder you to acquire your body parts for the relics trade'
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/18/2011 Posts: 12,069 Location: Kianjokoma
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Recently read Yuval Noah Harari's 'Sapiens'. This is a book everyone should read. It's focus is the history of man and where we are likely headed in all aspects-politics, economy, science, social life etc Quite a thought provoking book! Now reading David Anderson's Histories of the Hanged. Easier read on the Kenyan Emergency period than Elkin's book.
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Rank: Member Joined: 2/20/2007 Posts: 767
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Thinking fast and slow, Daniel Kahneman. Thought provoking about how the human mind works to arrive at decisions. They must find it difficult....... those who have taken authority as the truth, rather than truth as the authority. -G. Massey.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/9/2009 Posts: 6,592 Location: Nairobi
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Guru: A Long Walk to Success. Autobiography of Narendra Raval. Great read so far...
BBI will solve it :)
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Rank: Member Joined: 10/26/2011 Posts: 181 Location: Nairobi
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The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Bought this together with his book "Crime and Punishment", which I will read after. First time in history we can save the human race by laying in front of the TV and doing nothing. Let's not screw it up
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/18/2011 Posts: 12,069 Location: Kianjokoma
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Apricot wrote:The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Bought this together with his book "Crime and Punishment", which I will read after. Where can I get Karamazov in Nairobi?
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